All posts for the month August, 2019

I Write Romance

by Suzanne D. Williams I am the last person who should be writing romance novels. I suppose I’m sentimental, and that lends itself to the genre. But honestly, when I sat down to write fiction, I never gave a thought to there being any romance in it. As a teen, I read long […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: I Prayed for Patience

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight I Prayed for Patience God Gave Me Children by Linda Wood Rondeau God indeed has a sense of humor. He chose children to teach us too-smart adults what being his child means, the very special relationship the believer enjoys with our Heavenly Father. We adults experience the same chaos, […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Do and Die & No Where to Go

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Do and Die A book/plot that enlightens and inspires by James Andrew Edske Two unemployed men living over a thousand miles apart are complete opposites. Kenneth Saxton an unemployed logger during the Spotted Owl Timber industry standoff has been out of work for over a year. He puts a […]

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Baby Steps:  Milk God’s Word

by BJ Robinson You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews 10:36 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7   This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Write […]

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Midnight Prayers

Send to Kindle by Ruth O’Neil While it may be difficult to see if you’re looking at the world, the Holy Spirit is alive and well and working hard. If you want to see where the Holy Spirit is working, simply look to your own life. Several years ago I began to have difficulty sleeping […]

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Beatitudes & Woes: A One-of-a-Kind Anthology

by Mary C. Findley From the Amazon book description — “Explore the Beatitudes and Woes of the Bible through the stories of thirteen Christian authors in this uniquely powerful anthology. These science fiction and fantasy stories will bring you to the point of tears, make you laugh, surprise you, amaze you, and inspire […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: CrissCross

CrossReads Book Spotlight CrissCross (Crossroads Book 1) by Mandie Tepe For the most part, the souls that live in the Crosswinds Apartments building in Carrefour—a small town located on the Missouri bank of the Mississippi River—form a tight knit diverse community . . . some living transparent lives while others have secrets to […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Out of the Mist & Note 2 Self

CrossReads Short Takes Out of the Mist A Novel (The Moses Trilogy Book 3) by Susan J. Reinhardt The story continues – Book 3 of The Moses Trilogy – Out of the Mist Drive, determination, and an anti-Christian attitude mark Kendra Marshall. When she collides with Peter Gruber (a.k.a., Zimmerman) in a college […]

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Verse of the Day and Devotion 8/20/2019

by Bible League International Verse of the Day and Devotion For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die. – Psalm 48:14 NLT Devotion If you want to know what God is really like, then go and inspect the lives […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 8/19/2019

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes Is. 59:1-2 Listen! The LORD is not too weak to save you, and he is not becoming deaf. He can hear you when you call. But here is a problem—your sins have cut you off from God. Because of your sin, he has turned away and will not listen […]

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